Sociology
What can I do with a major in Sociology?
A person majoring in Sociology with a Bachelor's degree may find jobs in Child-Welfare Agencies, Family Courts, Halfway Houses, or in Business and Industry. Other options include doing Theoretical Research or specializing in areas of Social Psychology, Rural and Urban Sociology, Criminology, Demography, Gerontology, or Social Ecology. An advanced degree is needed to teach in college, hold senior positions in research and administration or to do counseling.
What is Sociology?
Sociology is the study of group life. As a social science, it combines scientific and humanistic perspectives in the study of urban and rural life, family patterns and relationships, social change, inter-group relations; social class, environment, technology and communications, health care and illness, social movements, community responses to disasters, and pressing contemporary social issues.
Sociology is a valuable liberal arts major for students planning careers in a wide variety of fields including social research, criminology, demography, social psychology, public administration, gerontology, education, rehabilitation, social work, and market research. It provides a useful background for those planning to enter law, business, medicine, community planning, architecture, and politics. In many professional schools, sociology courses are part of the requirements.
Possible Career Leads
| Admissions Counselor Career Planning Director City Manager Community Relations Director Community Service Agency Worker Congressional Aide Criminologist Demographer Financial Aid Director Job Analyst Legal Assistant Market Research Analyst |
Motivational Researcher Nursing Home Administrator Peace Corps/Vista Worker Police Officer Personnel Interviewer Probation/Parole Officer Public Health Statistician Race Relations Specialist Rehabilitation Counselor Social Worker Sociologist |
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Where do Sociology Majors make a difference? Public Health Departments, Nursing Homes, Hospitals, Departments of Social Work, Rehabilitation Centers, Counseling Agencies |
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Hiring Institutions
| Adoption and Child Care Agencies Advertising Agencies Business Corporations Churches Colleges and Schools Community Organizations Court Systems Government Agencies |
Hospitals Labor Unions Market Research Departments and Firms Personnel Departments Public-Opinion-Research Companies Publishing Companies Research Institutes Social-Service Agencies |
